Student Evaluation of Instruction

Final Report

Dev/Prototype

Fall 2011

System Testing

(Early) Spring 2012

Pilot Test w/ Selected

Departments

Spring 2012

Trainings for Academic Chairs

and ADA's

August 15, 2012

September 19, 2012

Project Timeline

292 class sections (from various departments that participated: Econ, Math, Psych, Sociology, etc.)

5,016 students 9,710 evaluations were sent out and 6,855

were submitted by students (~71% response rate)

Spring 2012 Pilot Outcome

Similar to the original format Same scoring method (fractional median). Reports are broken down by

◦ Instructor/class/section◦ Ranked faculty aggregate◦ IAS aggregate◦ Department overall

PDF format◦ Departments can choose to email or print

SEI Reports Format

An email will be sent to all enrolled students for each class.

Notify Student

Once logged in, the student will see a summary of all classes awaiting evaluation.

Course Evaluations

Students will receive the first email prompt at the start of the 13th week for 14 week courses◦ Class End Date is used when calculating SEI

start/end dates for 7 week classes.◦ Dynamic session class dates are set manually.

Two reminders will be sent. The process will occur over 10 days.

Timing?

What the student will see after clicking on an individual course

The standard set of six questions approved by Faculty Senate is fixed for all questionnaires.

Setup & Administration

Additional “evaluation” templates can be created.

Department chairs can create a questionnaire that incorporates the standard questions + additional questions defined by the department.

Setup & Administration

Adding a question to the repository Supported question types:

◦ 5 point rating (Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree)

◦ Open ended◦ Multiple Choice

Setup & Administration

The standard SEI will automatically be generated for each course.

Chairs will be able to assign a different questionnaire template◦ If the department has additional questions they

ask of each class◦ If the department has a subsection of classes that

receive a different questionnaire (e.g., lab courses) Chairs may also remove the SEI from

courses that should not be assessed (e.g. independent studies).

Setup & Administration

ITS needs a documented guideline that will outline how often the SEI data should be purged from the university system

ITS will need to have an SEI user group possibly made up of ADAs and Department Chairs :◦ Ongoing training and knowledge sharing ◦ Works with ITS to improve the SEI system, if

needed

Moving Forward